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Baby Pendo murder: Court to rule on delayed plea-taking for accused officers

By Nancy Gitonga | Jan. 29, 2025

**When Lencer Achieng, baby Samantha Pendo's mother was overwhelmed as she narrated how life has been unbearable without her daughter.** [File, Standard]

The High Court will tomorrow rule on whether the plea-taking of 10 senior police officers linked to the murder of Baby Samantha Pendo, and 39 protesters in Kisumu will take place.

This is after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Renson Ingonga sought a further 45-day delay in the prosecution of the officers citing the need for additional time to review the investigations file and locate the missing retired police officer, Mohammed Baa.

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